LouisianaBAIL: Authorizes a court to conduct a contradictory bail hearing prior to setting bail for a person in custody who is charged with certain sexually based offenses against a child under the age of eighteen
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- May 7Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Judiciary C.Latest
- May 6Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.Minor
- May 5Read third time by title, amended, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 1. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.Passed House
- Vote recorded FINAL PASSAGE (#872). Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 29Read by title, amended, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.Minor
- Apr 29Scheduled for floor debate on 05/05/2026.
- Apr 28Reported with amendments (11-0).Minor
- Mar 9Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Minor
- Feb 27First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.
- Feb 23Prefiled.Minor
- Feb 23Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Administration of Criminal Justice.Introduced